Music
17 music ads from the '90s
by Nicole Villeneuve
July 12, 2013
The 90s were so weird.
Man, we used to be so weird in the ’90s. Check out this selection of ads featuring artists and music technology from the ’90s that mostly show the dark side of the decade.
17. Me’Shell Ndegéocello for Gibson
16. Warrant’s hockey heyday.
15. Get it it’s a guitar but on a keyboard!
14. We really loved those crash test dummies in the ’90s, hey? (These ones too.) Also CD changers. #cuttingedge
13. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Dicky Barrett! For Converse!
12. Louis Armstrong commemorative stamp issued in New Orleans.
11. Oh those dreads. Love you, Ani. (Righteous Babe is her record label so we’re cool, Alvarez.)
10. More groundbreaking technology.
9. THE FUTUUUURE is also the present it turns out 🙁
8. No thank you, Van Halens.
7. The Hooties.
6. #so90s
5. #so90spartII
4. Can’t even tell what’s happening here. Vasoline?
3. You can almost smell the Lip Smackers, too. Let us never, ever go back.
2. “Hey why the hell is your tongue ring at the very tip of your tongue?” “Whatever.”
1. Why. Please note that baby’s cool earring. WHY, DEAN MARKLEY. WHY.
[via Vintage Ad Browser
